STS-135
The final Space Shuttle mission. In July 2011 Atlantis delivered supplies and spare parts to the ISS, closing the shuttle’s thirty-year era.
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living encyclopedia entryThe final Space Shuttle mission. In July 2011 Atlantis delivered supplies and spare parts to the ISS, closing the shuttle’s thirty-year era.
After Columbia and the decision to retire the shuttle, its main remaining task was completing the ISS. STS-135 carried the Raffaello MPLM filled with supplies, equipment and spare parts.
Mission specialist responsible for payload and station operations.
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Mission specialist and veteran of several shuttle flights.
open person →Atlantis lifted off from Pad 39A as the last shuttle ever to leave Earth.
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Atlantis docked with the ISS and the crew unloaded Raffaello with supplies, equipment and spare parts.
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After leaving the ISS, Atlantis descended to a Kennedy Space Center runway, ending the Space Shuttle program.
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MISSION IN NUMBERS
Atlantis spent most of the mission at the ISS. The crew unloaded Raffaello, loaded waste and equipment no longer needed aboard the station, and helped bridge the transition without a U.S. crewed launcher.
The mission succeeded. Atlantis landed at Kennedy Space Center on 21 July 2011, ending the Space Shuttle program after 135 flights.
- STS-135 was the 135th and final Space Shuttle mission and Atlantis’s 33rd flight.
- Only four astronauts flew, the smallest shuttle crew after the Challenger accident.
- Raffaello delivered supplies and spare parts for roughly a year of station operations.
